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The Traveler’s Guide to Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s romantic landscape will make you fall in love with planet earth. Rugged high-sea cliffs hug the coast while rolling green fields take you to another place and time. The breathtaking landscape is as diverse as the people who call it home.

The people of Nova Scotia are as friendly, hospitable and joyful as anyone you’ll ever meet. Maybe it’s the indescribably beautiful landscape, or the carefree lifestyle.

Spring and summer are short-lived, but that window of time gives travelers the chance to experience all that this region has to offer.

Nova Scotia is a sea-lover’s paradise, where the Atlantic waves crash against rocky shores. To the northwest, the Fundy tides are the highest in the world and raise the sea level to more than 50 feet.

Along the Northumberland Strait between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, fishermen spend their days earning a living doing what most people can only dream of. Nova Scotia, after all, is one of the largest exporters of seafood in the world.

Halifax, the capital city, is a lively tourism and business hub that offers dining, shopping and a diverse culture.

Rich rolling farmlands border the coast in Annapolis Valley, where apples, grapes, corn, plums and peaches grow. Dense forests fill the center of the province, where blueberry patches and cranberry bogs give way to fields of colorful wildflowers.

The province offers great biodiversity and is home to several endangered and threatened species.

The people of Nova Scotia are just as diverse as the wildlife and landscapes of this province. The region has grown to become a melting pot of inhabitants from all over the world. The Mi’Kmaqs, the original inhabitants of Nova Scotia, have called this place home for more than 10,000 years and still maintain a major cultural presence.

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